74 F.

3d 1235
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of the case and requires service of copies of cited unpublished dispositions of the
Fourth Circuit.

D. Johnson WILLIS, Plaintiff--Appellant,

v.
TOWN OF TRENTON, North Carolina; Joffree T. Leggett;
Individually and as Town Mayor; Charles C. Jones,
Individually and as member of Town Council; Edward
Eubanks,
Individually and as member of Town Council; Willard O.
Lewis, Individually and as member of Town Council; Ann
Brock, Individually and as former member of Town Council;
Edward Parker, Individually and as former member of Town
Council; Clifton Mills, Sr., Individually and as mormer
member of Town Council; Bob D. Henderson, Individually and
as former member of Town Council; James R. Franck,
Individually and as former Town Mayor; Sheri M. Davenport,
Individually and as former Town Counsel; James R. Hood,
Individually and as Town Counsel; George W. Davenport,
Individually and as former Town Mayor; C. Glenn Spivey,
Individually and as Town Clerk; their successors and
agents, Defendants--Appellees.
D. Johnson WILLIS, Plaintiff--Appellant,
v.
TOWN OF TRENTON, North Carolina; Joffree T. Leggett;
Individually and as Town Mayor; Charles C. Jones,
Individually and as member of Town Council; Edward
Eubanks,
Individually and as Member of Town Council; Willard O.
Lewis, Individually and as member of Town Council; Ann
Brock, Individually and as former member of Town Council;
Edward Parker, Individually and as former member of Town
Council; Clifton Mills, Sr., Individually and as former

member of Town Council; Bob D. Henderson, Individually and

as former member of Town Council; James R. Franck,
Individually and as former Town Mayor; Sheri M. Davenport,
Individually and as former Town Counsel; James R. Hood,
Individually and as Town Counsel; George W. Davenport,
Individually and as former Town Mayor; C. Glenn Spivey,
Individually and as Town Clerk; their successors and
agents, Defendants--Appellees.
Nos. 95-2778, 95-2820.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Submitted: January 11, 1996
Decided: January 23, 1996

D. Johnson Willis, Appellant Pro Se. Kenneth Ray Wooten, Cheryl A.

Marteney, WARD & SMITH, P.A., New Bern, North Carolina; Dal Floyd
Wooten, III, Kinston, North Carolina, for Appellees.
Before RUSSELL, HALL, and WILKINSON, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:

Appellant noted the appeal in No. 95-2778 outside the thirty-day appeal period
established by Fed. R.App. P. 4(a)(1), failed to obtain an extension of the
appeal period within the additional thirty-day period provided by Fed. R.App.
P. 4(a)(5), and is not entitled to relief under Fed. R.App. P. 4(a)(6). The time
periods established by Fed. R.App. P. 4 are "mandatory and jurisdictional."
Browder v. Director, Dep't of Corrections, 434 U.S. 257, 264 (1978) (quoting
United States v. Robinson, 361 U.S. 220, 229 (1960)). The district court entered
its order on April 14, 1995. Appellant's notice of appeal was filed on September
15, 1995. We dismiss the appeal as untimely.

In No. 95-2820, Appellant appeals the district court's denial of his motion for
extension of time to appeal. Because the district court did not abuse its
discretion in determining that the motion was not timely filed under Fed.
R.App. P. 4(a)(6), we affirm the district court's denial.

We deny the Appellant's motions for oral argument because the facts and legal
contentions are adequately presented in the materials before the court and
argument would not aid the decisional process.